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The social media police are onto you
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 04/11/2015
» Two weeks ago, a group of 20 social media bystanders gathered outside the headquarters of a local bank to protest against what they called "an assault on a pregnant woman".
Too much on the plate of consumers
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 02/10/2015
» As children, we were taught to eat every single grain of rice on our plate. This was to treasure the hard work of rice farmers, as well as pay respect to rice: our dietary staple and part of our culinary heritage.
Disease of the victimised mind
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 01/09/2015
» I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2009 and have been admitted to hospital twice because of the disease. It was during the time when I was studying for a master's degree in Colorado, in the US. I woke up one morning feeling thoroughly numb from the abdomen down to my toes. I had lost most feeling in both my legs. I couldn't tell whether I was wearing shoes.
The pursuit of knowledge
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 27/05/2015
» Lately I've been seriously thinking about pulling my son, now almost 11 years old, out of school.
Chinese etiquette comes up short
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 23/10/2014
» No matter how much travellers complain about the increase in numbers of Chinese tourists, who over recent years have flocked to popular holiday destinations across the globe, my vacation experience (OK, only a part of it) was actually enriched thanks to them.
An education for Obec
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 19/09/2014
» Recently, Life ran a story on how Thai students were paying others to do their school assignments for them.
Modern religion, old vices
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 21/02/2014
» Label me a sinner, insensible or harsh as you wish. I’ve been thinking recently that making merit at most urban temples is quite an absurdity, especially in this hideous, blackhole moment of Buddhist history.
Stop turning the extraordinary into the ordinary
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 15/08/2013
» A kindergarten student brutally tormented by a third-grader. Fathers raping daughters. Teenagers enjoying a drug party. Monks possessing supercars, riding private jets, having sexual intercourse and carrying firearms. That's not counting the non-stop lustful scandals in local showbiz and numerous corruption schemes by relentless politicians.
Inside the five-star environment
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 26/04/2013
» When travelling, for business or pleasure, nothing beats the comfort of five-star accommodation.
Mass shootings kill all of us
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 13/02/2013
» We were living only 60km away when the Columbine High School massacre took place in Colorado, USA, 14 years ago. It was one of the world's most shocking school shooting sprees. Since then, more than a dozen shooting massacres have horrified the world, including those at Virginia Tech in 2007, Northern Illinois University in 2008, Albertville Secondary School in Winnenden, Germany, in 2009 and Utoya Island youth camp in Buskerud, Norway, in 2011.